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Dominic Kinnear in San Francisco Chronicle These are four players we have had our eyes on,Quakes head coach Dominic Kinnear said. "Three of them were at our local combine and impressed the coaching staff, while Noah Merl has impressed us throughout his four years at Cal."

Mickey Hart in San Francisco Chronicle Merl was an ensemble guy, a groupist,said Hart, who played with Mr. Saunders in his early '80s solo group, High Noon. "He brought those sensibilities to the Garcia band. He let Jerry have his flights of fancy."